Shonda Rhimes Demonstrates How Affirmative Consent Works in 90 Seconds

Last night's mid-season finale of How to Get Away With Murder had a lot to love if you're into mystery, sex, and scandal. But in all the mayhem, slow clap for showrunner Peter Nowalk for hiding an object lesson in one of the year's thorniest topics: affirmative consent.

SB 967, passed in California earlier this year, created a new standard for sexual consent, effectively doing away with "no means no" and instead saying that only "yes" means yes. College students at UC Berkeley were instructed, "Instead of waiting for your partner to say 'no,'…you should seek an explicit 'yes.' It could come in the form of a smile, a nod or a verbal yes, as long as it's unambiguous, 'enthusiastic' and ongoing." Wondering what that looks like? Here's a hot little demonstration.